Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.
How 90s Horror Hooked Kevin Johnson, Author of ‘Twas the Night
Before he wrote ‘Twas the Night, Kevin Johnson was a 90s kid with a bookcase full of Goosebumps. In this guest post he traces how Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The X-Files and the horror aisle at Blockbuster Video got him hooked. His Christmas horror novel is out now from William Morrow.












